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Nose: rich sherry, with firm chocolate notes, malt extract and coffee beans. Also stewed pears and quinces, dates and maybe a hint of baked banana. This moves to praline, with hints of cask char and a very light whiff of sulphur.

Mouth: rather jammy. Plenty of baked apples and stewed pears, along with muscovado, caramelized nuts and creamy butterscotch. Then more cocoa and a drop of porter beer, as well as a faint bitter note – walnuts, bitter almonds and herbs. A little cinnamon and plain wood in the end.

Finish: medium to long, with more oak char and herbs, caramel, dark chocolate and drying tobacco.